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Linda Stein keeps on rocking. "It's called having fun,"the star broker at Prudential Douglas Elliman said yesterday. "I've had a lifetime of it." That lifetime has included teaching fifth grade in Riverdale after obtaining a master's degree in education from Teachers College at Columbia University. It has included hanging out in Paris for six months. After the birth of her daughters, Mandy and Samantha, she joined the music business of then husband Seymour Stein at Sire Records. Ms. Stein's lifetime of fun has also included managing rock 'n' roll bands such as the Ramones, the quartet she handled along with the legendary Danny Fields."The rock 'n' roll business is mild compared to the real estate industry," Ms. Stein said. "If you think you've experienced the most vicious comp…

Mat from Techmoan takes a look at 3M's Cantata 700, a tape-based background music system from the '60s.
I've always had an affection for the (often-derided) instrumentals Muzak was originally known for and easy-listening music stations — the stuff that came back into vogue with the lounge revival at the recent turn of the century — from frequently hearing it in the Seventies. Mat has an hour of music from the Cantata 700 available here. For more background music, check out this.